THAILAND LIVE Thailand Live Tuesday 16 Oct 2018

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Video: Gate falls on small child at Ratchaburi house

 

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CCTV showed a rusty iron gate fall on a little girl after an adult prepared to leave the house on a motorbike. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1062872-video-gate-falls-on-small-child-at-ratchaburi-house/

 

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Big Joke demands only 30 seconds per person at immigration checkpoints

 

Pictures (2) Thai Rath

 

New immigration chief Maj Gen Surachate Hakparn has demanded that slow immigration staff speed up their act.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1062874-big-joke-demands-only-30-seconds-per-person-at-immigration-checkpoints/

 

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Concrete awning collapses outside Thai university in Nakon Pathom

 

Picture: Thai Rath

 

Thai Rath reported that a concrete awning attached to a dormitory near the Silapakorn University in Nakon Pathom collapsed yesterday.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1062880-concrete-awning-collapses-outside-thai-university-in-nakon-pathom/

 

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Phuket Immigration wind up 'Operation X-ray Outlaw Foreigner' crackdown

By Kritsada Mueanhawong

 

 

Phuket Immigration officers say they’re committed to the national crackdown called Operation X-ray Out Law Foreigner, especially on overstayers.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1062890-phuket-immigration-wind-up-operation-x-ray-outlaw-foreigner-crackdown/

 

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Officials begin clean up as tonnes of trash is washed onto Hua Hin beach

 

 

Workers will continue to clean the beaches around Hua Hin today after several tonnes of trash and debris washed ashore over the weekend.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1062885-photos-officials-begin-clean-up-as-tonnes-of-trash-is-washed-onto-hua-hin-beach/

 

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Trump surveys Michael's wrath, rescuers search for bodies

By Steve Holland

 

U.S. President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump walk down a street with Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen, Folrida Governor Rick Scott and FEMA Director Brock Long in the town of Lynn Haven, Florida, as they tour areas ravaged by Hurricane Michael in Florida and Georgia, U.S., October 15, 2018. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque

 

LYNN HAVEN, Fla. (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump got a first-hand look on Monday at the “total devastation" that Hurricane Michael brought to Florida, as rescuers searched for scores of missing people and hundreds of thousands of residents remained without power.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1062898-trump-surveys-michaels-wrath-rescuers-search-for-bodies/

 

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Deputy PM Prawit instructs relevant agencies to ready traffic system before schools reopen

 

 

BANGKOK, 16th October 2018 (NNT) – The Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister, Gen. Prawit Wongsuwan, has instructed relevant agencies to ready the traffic system before schools reopen. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1062904-deputy-pm-prawit-instructs-relevant-agencies-to-ready-traffic-system-before-schools-reopen/

 

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Khon Kaen man with mental disorder found hanging in police detention room

By The Nation

 

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Police say a man with a mental disorder was found hanged on Tuesday morning just 20 minutes after police put him inside a detention cell to calm down after he stabbed himself and attacked his relatives at home.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1062945-khon-kaen-man-with-mental-disorder-found-hanging-in-police-detention-room/

 

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New Google Translate feature lets you use your smartphone camera to translate Thai

 

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A new update to Google Translate lets you use your smartphone camera to translate printed text in real time.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1062947-new-google-translate-feature-lets-you-use-your-smartphone-camera-to-translate-thai/

 

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Scuba divers find driver alive in canal after fleeing Pathum Thani police checkpoint

By The Nation

 

Picture: INN

 

A drunk driver allegedly drove through a police checkpoint in Pathum Thani and jumped into a canal following a car chase, but was eventually arrested late on Monday night.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1062950-scuba-divers-find-driver-alive-in-canal-after-fleeing-pathum-thani-police-checkpoint/

 

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Still one-in-four chance of no-deal Brexit, say economists: Reuters poll

By Jonathan Cable

 

An anti-Brexit placard is fixed to traffic barriers opposite the Houses of Parliament in London, Britain, October 9, 2018. REUTERS/Simon Dawson/Files

 

LONDON (Reuters) - There is still a one-in-four chance Britain and the European Union part ways in less than six months without reaching a deal, according to a Reuters poll taken as EU leaders prepare to meet in Brussels later this week.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1062954-still-one-in-four-chance-of-no-deal-brexit-say-economists-reuters-poll/

 

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WATCH: Thai cave rescue boys on The Ellen Show meeting Zlatan Ibrahimovic

 

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The twelve boys and their football coach who were rescued from a cave in Chiang Rai have made their first studio appearance on the The Ellen DeGeneres Show in the United States.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1062957-watch-thai-cave-rescue-boys-on-the-ellen-show-meeting-zlatan-ibrahimovic/

 

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Bangkok airport capacity to be tripled as tourism booms

Suvarnabhumi Airport already handles 20 million more travelers than intended

HIROSHI KOTANI, Nikkei staff writer

 

BANGKOK -- Airports of Thailand has unveiled a 260 billion baht ($7.96 billion) plan that will roughly triple capacity at the country's largest airport over about a decade to meet rising demand.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1062961-suvarnabhumi-airport-capacity-to-be-tripled-as-tourism-booms/

 

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Retirement depression blamed in former nature officer gun suicide

By Eakkapop Thongtub

 

Police arrive at the house in Baan Supamas, Pa Khlok, yesterday (Oct 15). Photo: Eakkapop Thongtub

 

PHUKET: Depression brought on by retirement has been blamed for a former of Khao Phra Thaew Natural and Wildlife Education Centre officer shooting himself in the head.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1062663-man-kills-himself-outside-his-home-in-thalang/?do=findComment&comment=13466066

 

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Harvard accused of bias against Asian-Americans at trial

By Nate Raymond

 

Supporters attend the "Rally for the American Dream - Equal Education Rights for All," ahead of the start of the trial in a lawsuit accusing Harvard University of discriminating against Asian-American applicants, in Boston, Massachusetts, U.S., October 14, 2018. REUTERS/Brian Snyder

 

BOSTON (Reuters) - Harvard University discriminates against Asian-American applicants in order to limit how many it admits, a lawyer for a group suing the school said on Monday at the start of a trial that could have wider implications for the role of race in U.S. college admissions.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1062962-harvard-accused-of-bias-against-asian-americans-at-trial/

 

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Hunt launched for pickup that killed Chiang Mai policeman

By The Nation

 

Picture: Thai Rath

 

Police are hunting for the pickup that hit and killed a policeman returning to his post in Chiang Mai’s Mae Rim district on Monday night.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1062963-hunt-launched-for-pickup-that-killed-chiang-mai-policeman/

 

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Fire Ravages TMB Bank Branch

By Asaree Thaitrakulpanich, Staff Reporter

 

 

BANGKOK — Bank employees returned to work Tuesday after a long weekend to find their Chatuchak office on fire.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1062965-fire-ravages-tmb-bank-branch/

 

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Pheu Thai, Allies Could Be Disbanded, Election Official Warns

By Teeranai Charuvastra, Staff Reporter

 

Former Pheu Thai MP and Redshirt leader Jatuporn Prompan, third from left, talks to reporters at a general meeting of Pheu Chart Party on Sunday.

 

BANGKOK — A Pheu Thai spokeswoman lashed out Tuesday at the Election Commission after it suggested that the party and its allies could be dissolved on the ground of illegal collaboration.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1062967-pheu-thai-allies-could-be-disbanded-election-official-warns/

 

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Police warn of more Veg Fest traffic jams in Phuket Town

By The Phuket News

 

Traffic tailbacks ensued as Vegetarian Festival devotees from the Kathu Shrine (pictured) held their street procession this morning (Oct 16). Photo: Kathu Municipality

 

PHUKET: Phuket City Traffic Police this morning repeated their advisory for motorists to avoid Phuket Town during Vegetarian Festival processions – especially the roads leading to Sapan Hin during the last night of the festival tomorrow night (Oct 17).

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1062973-police-warn-of-more-veg-fest-traffic-jams-in-phuket-town/

 

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Over 1,000 arrested in Phuket ‘Operation X-Ray Outlaw Foreigner’ clampdown

By The Phuket News

 

Commander of the Royal Thai Police Immigration Division Region 6 Pol Maj Gen Jedsada Yaisun (right). Photo: Eakkapop Thongtub

 

PHUKET: In just two weeks over 1,000 foreigners have been arrested in Phuket for visa violations and other immigration offences according to the chief of the Phuket Immigration Office.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1062890-phuket-immigration-wind-up-operation-x-ray-outlaw-foreigner-crackdown/?do=findComment&comment=13466332

 

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DLT looking for driver of bus that abandoned passenger in Rayong

 

 

RAYONG, 16th October 2018 (NNT) – The Transport Company has inspected claims that a public transport bus abandoned its lone passenger in the middle of the night in Rayong province on October 14, finding the bus was operated by Chan Tour and failed to deliver its passenger. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1062996-dlt-looking-for-driver-of-bus-that-abandoned-passenger-in-rayong/

 

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Buri Ram man killed by frustrated Brahman bull

By The Nation

 

Picture: Thai Rath

 

A Buri Ram man was found dead and apparently killed by a Brahman inside the bull’s pen at his house in the province’s Satuk district.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1063022-buri-ram-man-killed-by-frustrated-brahman-bull/

 

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Nichapa’s body found floating on Chao Phraya near Rama VIII Bridge

By The Nation

 

 

The body of a woman was found floating on the Chao Phraya River near the Rama VIII Bridge on Tuesday, police report.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1062753-thai-woman-missing-after-apparent-suicide-jump-from-somdet-phra-pinklao-bridge/?do=findComment&comment=13466711

 

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Thai September tourist arrivals up 2.13 percent year-on-year - tourism ministry

 

FILE PHOTO: Chinese tourists visit the Temple of the Emerald Buddha in Bangkok, Thailand August 19, 2018. REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun

 

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand saw a 2.13 percent increase in tourist arrivals in September from a year earlier, the country's tourism ministry said on Tuesday, while the number of Chinese visitors declined for three consecutive months.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1063042-thai-september-tourist-arrivals-up-213-percent-year-on-year-tourism-ministry/

 

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Preorder the iPhone XR, iPhone Xs and iPhone Xs Max from Oct 19 – here’s how much they cost

BY STAFF WRITER 

 

 

Apple has confirmed its new iPhone lineup, which includes the iPhone XR, iPhone Xs and iPhone Xs Max will be available to preorder from October 19.

 

Full story: https://tech.thaivisa.com/preorder-iphone-xr-iphone-xs-iphone-xs-max-oct-19-heres-much-cost/29372/

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Over 50,000 Thais applied for a Schengen visa in Nordic consulates

by Joakim Persson, Managing Editor ScandAsia 

 

European Schengen visa stamp in the passport

 

In 2017, 52,595 Thais applied for a Schengen visa in Nordic consulates. Swedish embassy received the most applications (16,396). Finland was the only to feel a decline in applications between 2016 and 2017.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1063056-over-50000-thais-applied-for-a-schengen-visa-in-nordic-consulates/

 

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Thai Consulate-General in Nanning urges Thailand to continue relations with both US and China

 

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BANGKOK, 16 October 2018 (NNT) - The Thai Consulate-General in the Chinese city of Nanning has urged Thailand to continue strengthening relations with both the United States and China, affirming that the current trade war will not impact Thai exports.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1063058-thai-consulate-general-in-nanning-urges-thailand-to-continue-relations-with-both-us-and-china/

 

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Can Thailand lure the Chinese back?

By The Thaiger

 

 

After half a decade of incredible growth in Chinese tourism to Thailand, the numbers are now in a tail-spin as numbers drop off around the country.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1063060-can-thailand-lure-the-chinese-back/

 

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Farmers want eight measures implemented to boost coconut prices

 

 

PRACHUAB KHIRI KHAN, 16th October 2018 (NNT)-Coconut farmers in Prachuab Khiri Khan have urged the Ministry of Commerce to lower coconut imports and list coconuts among controlled goods to prevent a price slump. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1063065-prachuab-khiri-khan-farmers-want-eight-measures-implemented-to-boost-coconut-prices/

 

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Koh Tao rape claim dismissed by Thai police, citing lack of evidence and no DNA

 

 

Thai police have dismissed a claim made by a 19 year old British woman that she was raped on Koh Tao.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1063078-koh-tao-rape-claim-dismissed-by-thai-police-citing-lack-of-evidence-and-no-dna/